FC Ural Yekaterinburg

FC Ural Yekaterinburg (Russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian professional association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They will play in the Russian First League in the 2024–25 season.[1]

Ural Yekaterinburg
Full nameFootball Club Ural
Sverdlovsk Oblast
or FC Ural Yekaterinburg
Nickname(s)Bumblebees, Orange and Black, Uraltsy (Ural men)
FoundedSeptember 1, 1930 (1930-09-01)
GroundEkaterinburg Arena
Capacity35,061
OwnerSverdlovsk Oblast
ChairmanGrigori Ivanov
ManagerYevgeni Averyanov
LeagueRussian First League
2023–24Russian Premier League, 13th of 16 (relegated through play-offs)
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944–1946), Mashinostroitel (1958–1959), and Uralmash (1949–1952, 1960–2002). The club is currently named after the Russian region of Ural, where Yekaterinburg is the capital.

The club participated in the Soviet championships beginning in 1945. They mostly played in the higher leagues, with the exception of the 1969 season spent in the lowest league. They were the easternmost Russian SFSR club to compete in the third Soviet division (the easternmost Soviet club overall was FC Kairat from Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR).

Uralmash reached the quarterfinals of the Soviet Cup in 1965/66, 1967/68, and 1990/91.

After the dissolution of the USSR, Uralmash were entitled to enter the Russian Top Division and played there for five seasons, from 1992 to 1996. Their best result was eighth position in 1993 and 1995. Despite reaching the semifinal of the Intertoto Cup in 1996, Uralmash finished 16th out of 18 in the league and were relegated. In 1997 another relegation followed, now to the Second Division. From 1998 to 2002 Uralmash played in the Second Division. After winning promotion, the club was renamed Ural. In 2003, the team were relegated from the Russian First Division, but were promoted again after the 2004 season. The team's best finish in the First Division was third in 2006.

In the 2023–24 season, Ural finished 13th, qualifying for the relegation play-offs.[2] They lost 2–3 to Akron Tolyatti on aggregate and were relegated to the Russian First League after 11 seasons at the top tier.[3]

Domestic

Current squad

First team
As of 28 June 2024[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  BIH Silvije Begić
3 MF  BLR Valery Bocherov
4 DF  CGO Emmerson
5 MF  RUS Andrei Yegorychev
8 MF  CRO Danijel Miškić
10 FW  ROU Eric Bicfalvi
11 FW  RUS Aleksei Ionov
16 DF  BRA Ítalo
17 DF  BLR Vladislav Malkevich
21 MF  RUS Igor Dmitriyev
22 DF  RUS Mingiyan Beveyev
24 DF  BLR Yegor Filipenko
No. Pos. Nation Player
40 DF  RUS Dmitry Burkin
42 DF  RUS Yegor Mosin
46 DF  RUS Artyom Mamin
55 MF  RUS Timur Ayupov
71 GK  RUS Aleksei Mamin
75 MF  RUS Fanil Sungatulin
77 GK  BLR Denis Shcherbitsky
79 FW  RUS Aleksei Kashtanov
80 MF  BLR Artyom Kontsevoy
97 FW  RUS Ilya Ishkov
— GK  RUS Dmitri Arapov
— DF  RUS Timofei Margasov

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  RUS Aleksey Gerasimov
— DF  RUS Leo Goglichidze
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  RUS Daniil Arsentyev
— MF  RUS Yuri Zheleznov

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  RUS Sergey Loskutov (at Volgar Astrakhan until 30 June 2025)

Reserve team
Further information: FC Ural-2 Yekaterinburg

Retired numbers

Coaching staff

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Ural/Uralmash.

Managers

Honours

Domestic

Invitational

References
  1. "FK URAL SVERDLOVSKAYA OBLAST". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ""Пари НН" и "Урал" – участники переходных матчей за места в Мир РПЛ" [Pari NN and Ural will play in the relegation play-offs] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
  3. ""Акрон" уступил "Уралу", но победил по сумме двух встреч и завоевал путёвку в Мир РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 1 June 2024.
  4. "Игроки" [Players] (in Russian). FC Ural Yekaterinburg. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. "ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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